issue73 感觉不错。

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题目：In most professional and academic fields, imagination is more important than knowledge.
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Is imagination more important than knowledge, in most professional and academic fields? In my view, imagination is the major force that urge science and technology advance. However, knowledge plays an equally important role.

It might seem tempting to agree with the speaker, on the basis that imagination contributes to most of the ground breaking discoveries and inventions. Imagination is sometimes more valuable than knowledge, in that it can help people approach a problem without constraints of established habits and attitudes. As is commonly accepted, creative works are the major process and task in scientific research, which is driven by imagination. As a result, almost no sciences advancement would happen if human minds lack of imagination. While creation is the horse of a carriage, imagination is the coachman who directs the carriage and urges the horse on. Moreover, imagination is especially important in certain science and art fields which are not based on knowledge and data. In ancient Greece, philosophers perceived the meaning of life or how the universe formed mainly through imagination, because there was no prior knowledge before them, nor was it possible for them to obtain data, due to the technology limitations at that time. Therefore imagination is the primary factor in most professional and academic fields.

However, the foci would be too narrow if we over-emphasize on the importance of imagination, while ignoring the impact of knowledge on professional and academic fields. Almost any science advancement is based on the improvement and complement of existing knowledge. Eintein refered to the data of over 20 experiments as well as existing theories attempting to explain them, and established relative theory. Any major paper published on 'Nature' today refers to an average of 22 prior research papers. Newton said:" I stand on the shoulder of giants, therefore I could see farther than other people." In addition, even if the prior knowledge is partly wrong, it still contributes to the birth of new theories, in that it is always the question and challenge of prior knowledge that lead to major scientific advancements. Thus knowledge is also important in research and professional areas.

Admittedly, some might argue that in professional fields imagination could be neglected because such fields only demand workers and technicians doing repetitive works. Yet this is not true in that even workers and technicians need imagination to better approach their tasks. A lawyer needs imagination for reasoning to win a court. An architect needs imagination to design a building. A policeman needs imagination to deduce and uncover a case. Obviously, if no imagination is required in such fields, they would be entirely replaced by robots. In addition, it is quite common to see workers solving production problem in factories. My friend recently receive a prize of $1000 for solving a switch problem on the lathe, while all of the other engineers failed to do so. Therefore imagination is also important in professional fields.

In the final analysis, the speaker's statement is partly true. While imagination is the stimulations that urge the horse of scientists on, knowledge is the carriage of science that the horse pulls. Without stimulations, the horse would not move. Without carriage, movement of the horse is meaningless. Imagination and knowledge are equally important. Science and technology advancements are based on the interaction of the two.

hustzwjUID: 203387

issue73 感觉不错。-----by zehua

题目：In most professional and academic fields, imagination is more important than knowledge.
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Is imagination more important than knowledge, in most professional and academic fields? In my view, imagination is the major force that urge science and technology advance. However, knowledge plays an equally important role.

It might seem tempting to agree with the speaker, on the basis that imagination contributes to most of the ground breaking discoveries and inventions(你后面在肯定imagination, 但是你却用了tempting…这个词有否定author的倾向!). Imagination is sometimes more valuable than knowledge, in that it can help people approach a problem without constraints of established habits and attitudes. As is commonly accepted, creative works are the major process and task in scientific research, which is driven by imagination. As a result, almost no sciences advancement would happen if human minds lack of imagination. While creation is the horse of a carriage, imagination is the coachman who directs the carriage and urges the horse on(第二次看到了,^_^). Moreover, imagination is especially important in certain science and art fields which are not based on knowledge and data.(自相矛盾!) In ancient Greece, philosophers perceived the meaning of life or how the universe formed mainly through imagination, because there was no prior knowledge before them, nor was it possible for them to obtain data, due to the technology limitations at that time. Therefore imagination is the primary factor in most professional and academic fields.(从moreover后面开始, 我觉得有问题! 既然已经排除了areas not based on the knowledge, 就没啥可比的了!)

However, the foci would be too narrow if we over-emphasize on the importance of imagination, while ignoring the impact of knowledge on professional and academic fields. Almost any science advancement is based on the improvement and complement of existing knowledge. Eintein refered to the data of over 20 experiments as well as existing theories attempting to explain them, and established relative theory. Any major paper published on 'Nature' today refers to an average of 22 prior research papers. Newton said:" I stand on the shoulder of giants, therefore I could see farther than other people." (赞!)In addition, even if the prior knowledge is partly wrong, it still contributes to the birth of new theories, in that it is always the question and challenge of prior knowledge that lead to major scientific advancements. (这一点偶没想到,值得学习!----即knowledge可以分为right and wrong)Thus knowledge is also important in research and professional areas.

Admittedly, some might argue that in professional fields imagination could be neglected because such fields only demand workers and technicians doing repetitive works. Yet this is not true in that even workers and technicians need imagination to better approach their tasks. A lawyer needs imagination for reasoning to win a court. An architect needs imagination to design a building. A policeman needs imagination to deduce and uncover a case. Obviously, if no imagination is required in such fields, they would be entirely replaced by robots.(????泥瓦匠咋办. 指挥交通的叔叔咋办, 工厂里的重复操作的工人咋办? 不够说服力!) In addition, it is quite common to see workers solving production problem in factories. My friend recently receive a prize of $1000 for solving a switch problem on the lathe, while all of the other engineers failed to do so. Therefore imagination is also important in professional fields.

In the final analysis, the speaker's statement is partly true. While imagination is the stimulations that urge the horse of scientists on, knowledge is the carriage of science that the horse pulls. Without stimulations, the horse would not move. Without carriage, movement of the horse is meaningless. Imagination and knowledge are equally important. Science and technology advancements are based on the interaction of the two.
思路清晰,但是第二段的例子＆第四段的倾向容易使人模糊!

[ Last edited by hustzwj on 2005-7-25 at 21:14 ]

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[quote]Originally posted by zehua at 2005-7-25 09:06
题目：In most professional and academic fields, imagination is more important than knowledge.

Is imagination more important than knowledge, in most professional and academic fields? In my view, imagination is the major force that urge science and technology advance. However, knowledge plays an equally important role.

It might seem tempting to agree with the speaker, on the basis that imagination contributes to most of the ground breaking discoveries and inventions. Imagination is sometimes more valuable than knowledge, in that it can help people approach a problem without constraints of established habits and attitudes. As is commonly accepted, creative works are the major process and task in scientific research, which is driven by imagination. As a result, almost no sciences advancement would happen if human minds lack of imagination. While creation is the horse of a carriage, imagination is the coachman who directs the carriage and urges the horse on. Moreover, imagination is especially important in certain science and art fields which are not based on knowledge and data. In ancient Greece, philosophers perceived the meaning of life or how the universe formed mainly through imagination, because there was no prior knowledge before them, nor was it possible for them to obtain data, due to the technology limitations at that time.(没有事实支持的是科学吗？) Therefore imagination is the primary factor in most professional and academic fields.

However, the foci would be too narrow if we over-emphasize on the importance of imagination, while ignoring the impact of knowledge on professional and academic fields. Almost any science advancement is based on the improvement and complement of existing knowledge. Eintein refered to the data of over 20 experiments as well as existing theories attempting to explain them, and established relative theory. Any major paper published on 'Nature' today refers to an average of 22 prior research papers. Newton said:" I stand on the shoulder of giants, therefore I could see farther than other people." In addition, even if the prior knowledge is partly wrong, it still contributes to the birth of new theories, in that it is always the question and challenge of prior knowledge that lead to major scientific advancements. Thus knowledge is also important in research and professional areas.

Admittedly, some might argue that in professional fields imagination could be neglected because such fields only demand workers and technicians doing repetitive works. Yet this is not true in that even workers and technicians need imagination to better approach their tasks. A lawyer needs imagination for reasoning to win a court. An architect needs imagination to design a building. A policeman needs imagination to deduce and uncover a case. Obviously, if no imagination is required in such fields, they would be entirely replaced by robots. In addition, it is quite common to see workers solving production problem in factories. My friend recently receive a prize of $1000 for solving a switch problem on the lathe, while all of the other engineers failed to do so. Therefore imagination is also important in professional fields
In the final analysis, the speaker's statement is partly true. While imagination is the stimulations that urge the horse of scientists on, knowledge is the carriage of science that the horse pulls. Without stimulations, the horse would not move. Without carriage, movement of the horse is meaningless. Imagination and knowledge are equally important. Science and technology advancements are based on the interaction of the two.
文章写的很流畅，而且觉得写得很巧，比喻很恰当

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我觉得hustzwj分析的比较详细。提出以下意见：
1，2段我觉得都写得还不错，满有说服力，一个比喻的使用让人有爽眼的感觉，值得学习。尤其是后面举出古希腊那些单凭想象力提出的哲学思想，把imagination more important than knowledge比较的很具体，这一段绝对是没有问题的。（针对hustzwj对你的这一段的批评而说）
赫赫，其实第三段也非常好，专业优势，哈哈。但是为了照顾题中的重点：比较,我认为可以一带而过的提一下imagination的相对弱势，比如说没有经过专业训练的人，imagination 再好照样不能出成果，在学术领域的自然科学方面，knowledge是基础，是necessary,而imagination 只是辅助，是润色（请注意imagination和analyse的区别，事实上要有成果，就靠knowledge+analyse+imagination（排名分先后）

第四段是败笔。现暂且不说你举的那些例子，从一最开始，你就把academic转向了technology,就算你的technology可以沾边，你的例子又是在支持什么？academic?Absolutely not!  Technology? No, again.你最后的那个例子又能说明什么？你同学的专业知识也许本来就比那些工程师们好，凭什么因为他是你的朋友就证明knowledge not so excellent as many other engeneers? 你是学生，考官还不知道呢。如果要证明，就把他的背景稍微带一下，至少seemingly他是imagination胜出。

整体说来，是不错的一篇文章，思路，语言，都很不错。

问一句，你限时了么？如果限了时，赫赫，真的很佩服。

zehuaUID: 199246

谢谢！第四段我自己也感觉不太好。不过professional fields不就是technology嘛？题目是问academic和professional fields如何如何，那么这里如果不谈到professional fields和academic的一定区别，就没有说服力。professional fields就是重复的工作啊！

zehuaUID: 199246

"你后面在肯定imagination, 但是你却用了tempting…这个词有否定author的倾向!"
这种提法是范文里看到的。嘿嘿。应该没问题。
” not based on knowledge and data.(自相矛盾!)“
不太明白。。。
“(????泥瓦匠咋办. 指挥交通的叔叔咋办, 工厂里的重复操作的工人咋办? 不够说服力!)”
这个有点叼了吧？
红绿灯能否取代指挥交通的叔叔？
重复操作的工人，既然是重复操作，为什么不能用机器人替代？
泥瓦匠: 这个就不清楚了。但是也有被取代的趋势。而且我说的是大部分职业，不是全部。